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Florida Lawyer Disbarred & Fined After Charging Clients For “Patient Identification Card”

Cannabis Law Report

” Scott and Marsha Yandell took his advice and were subsequently raided by a SWAT team in February 2015. Scott and Marsha Yandell were raided by a SWAT time in 2015 after being given bad legal advice from Ian Christensen, a lawyer who said they could legally grow marijuana. (St St Johns County Jail).

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Tax Court’s decision in Harborside A Big Challenge For CA Cannabis Dispensaries

Cannabis Law Report

Harborside may have a substantially larger federal income tax liability for the six succeeding years – 2013-2018. The Tax Court was absolutely clear that for years beginning after 2015 [3] , taxpayers in the cannabis business are deemed to be on notice that they do not have protection from the assertion of IRC Sec. 1] 151 TC 11. [2]

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Rep Heck: We’re late to implement the SAFE Banking Act. Read his press release, the draft bill & full meeting package

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Perlmutter and Heck first introduced a legislative proposal to allow marijuana-related businesses in states with existing regulatory structures to access the banking system on July 10, 2013 and have introduced similar bills every Congress since 2013. Full meeting package available . DRAFT BILL PDF. Here [link].

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Papa & Barkley CEO Evelyn Wang Talks Heritage, Business

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Courtesy of Sol 7 Farms Amber Speckman, who starting growing cannabis in 2013 in Northern California, owns Sol 7 Farms. . To meet the financial needs of her family, Speckman put 25 cannabis plants in the ground, which she said was the legal number she could cultivate in 2013 with her medical license. . “It

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Massachusetts Hemp Producers Get Relief with New Regulations, but Is It Enough?

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Courtesy of Sol 7 Farms Amber Speckman, who starting growing cannabis in 2013 in Northern California, owns Sol 7 Farms. . To meet the financial needs of her family, Speckman put 25 cannabis plants in the ground, which she said was the legal number she could cultivate in 2013 with her medical license. . “It

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What is the Nevada Dispensary Association?

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Then, in 2013, Senator Tick Segerblom sponsored a bill that was later passed by the Nevada legislature. The association promoted Durrett to the position of Executive Director in 2015. The Association also supported legislation that implemented consumer safety rules, such as limits on servings and requiring child-resistant packaging.

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Millennium Investment & Acquisition Company Inc. Announces Initial Foray into Cannabis Cultivation

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Courtesy of Sol 7 Farms Amber Speckman, who starting growing cannabis in 2013 in Northern California, owns Sol 7 Farms. . To meet the financial needs of her family, Speckman put 25 cannabis plants in the ground, which she said was the legal number she could cultivate in 2013 with her medical license. . “It